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Can I force my '3' phone to used 2G backup?
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I have a 3G Nokia 6288 on three and I have terrible reception (sometimes no bars at all) in the house. Oddly, step outside the house and its brilliant.
The other day I did a manual network search and found a few other networks including a '3' 2G network as well as the '3' 3G network. When I select to the 2G network, it connected and the signal was excellent.. however once I've made a call and finished is seems to then default back to the 3G network. I don't really use may features that require 3G so would be happy if it stayed on the 2G. Is there some way to force it to use 3's 2G backup network permanently?
The other day I did a manual network search and found a few other networks including a '3' 2G network as well as the '3' 3G network. When I select to the 2G network, it connected and the signal was excellent.. however once I've made a call and finished is seems to then default back to the 3G network. I don't really use may features that require 3G so would be happy if it stayed on the 2G. Is there some way to force it to use 3's 2G backup network permanently?
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then choose the network you want, and that should be it, unless 3 has disabled the manual network option menu
That is correct it states o2 and orange as 3 networks. Word of caution though the two 3 phones I have tried setting to manual network selection don't work and within 30 seconds of changing it is already trying to get back onto the 3g network.
Then you can use the gsm only setting without any of this 30 second nonsence.
What kind of features?